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➡️ Check out our Youtube Channel: Lifetime Uncorked: Lifetime Movie Reviews Vanessa spends Christmas day with her family and they even get her stocking Kris shows up seconds later with a Christmas Tree and kisses her. The family sings terribly outside, and Richard shows Vanessa the photo.
So does the whole family after they find a picture of PATRISHA. He realizes that even if she is a liar and not related, they should be together. Kris opens the Christmas gift that Vanessa got him, and it makes him laugh. Kris chases after Vanessa and shows up at her apartment.
She says goodbye and heads back to New York. Kris begs her to stay, but she tells him that she doesn’t belong. Mid-photo session, she tells Richard about the mix-up at the DNA place. When it is time for the family photo, Vanessa tries to pack her bags and leave but is roped into taking the photos. (Who asks her on a date for after Christmas.) She doesn’t want to lose her newfound family and Kris. (Yesh, it is bad) Vanessa tries to tell Richard a few times but chickens out. They all watch “It’s a Wonderful Life” and then go caroling. A family snowball fight is quick to follow. They talk about Norway and then build snowpeople. The whole family comes over to meet Vanessa, and she still doesn’t tell them what she knows. Cut to A deranged voice-over playing while Richard’s daughter sings in the school recital. Vanessa tries to come clean to Richard but is distracted, helping his children manage breakdowns. She calls DeeDee, and they agree that Vanessa shouldn’t tell the family until AFTER CHRISTMAS?!?! Vanessa checks her voicemail late at night and learns that the DNA peeps mixed up her results with another Vanessa Hall. The DNA people call Vanessa, and she ignores the call. He opens up about his parents dying in a car accident and his ineptitude in dating. Kris and Vanessa spend time together picking out a Christmas tree, Christmas gift shopping, Gingerbread house making, and ice skating. Then Vanessa gets an email from the DNA company asking her to call them, but they are closed for the holiday weekend. While roasting marshmallows, Richard’s kids ask him about Vanessa’s mom, and the facts don’t line up again. Kris helps her break the ice with the kids, and then they all share a meal, which includes wine, laughter, and prayer. She looks around the house and is surprised by the Christmasyness of it all. When they arrive in town, Tyler Haynes randomly plays their waiter and delivers them peppermint eggnog.Īt the house, Vanessa gets a standoffish welcome from Richard’s children. He invites Vanessa to spend Christmas with his family.Ī handsome family friend, Kris, gives Julie a ride into town for Christmas. Richard shares the story of his relationship with Trish (Not Patty!) and how they lost touch. Vanessa shares that Patty (not Trish!) died when she was nine and how she grew up in the system. Vanessa meets Richard in his small town, and casually breeze over that Vanessa’s mother’s name was Patty, and Richard’s girlfriend at the time was named Trish. Richard does, and they have an awkward conversation and set up a meeting. Pauline stands by her man and suggests that he call Vanessa. They already have three kids and don’t know what to do. Richard receives the message while he is on a ladder and falls off “comically.” He tells his wife Pauline about his long-lost daughter. Dee Dee finds him on social media and encourages Vanessa to send him a message. His name is Richard Jendrick from Barrington, Connecticut. They check out their DNA test results to see their heritage, and Vanessa sees a paternal match in the DNA system. Her friend, Dee Dee, is quick to tell her friend to get back out there and open up a bottle of wine for gossip. The woman even has an adorable puppy and a beautiful apartment. New Yorker, Vanessa Hall, is a do-gooder social worker who loves to surprise her co-workers with gifts and receives payment in smiles and kids’ drawings. When Vanessa receives the results from her Family Tree DNA test, she discovers a family she didn’t know existed and travels to their home for Christmas.
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